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- An official visit to Grangegorman Cemetery. OPW.
- A landscape view of the cemetery at Grangegorman. National Monuments Service Photographic Unit.
- An official visit to Grangegorman Cemetery. OPW.
- Entrance gate to Grangegorman Military Cemetery. OPW.
- An unknown soldier from the First World War. OPW.
- The Anzac Day Dawn Service which took place at the Grangegorman Military Cemetery on Saturday 25 April 2009. Photograph: Bryan O’Brien. The Irish Times.
- The Naylor gravestone at Grangegorman. OPW.
- The Anzac Day Dawn Service which took place at the Grangegorman Military Cemetery on Saturday 25 April 2009. Photograph: Bryan O’Brien. The Irish Times.
- One of the 145 gravestones from the sinking of the RMS Leinster. OPW.
- A landscape view of the graves at Grangegorman. OPW.
- One of the headstones from the Royal Dublin Fusiliers group. OPW.
- Rows of uniform graves at Grangegorman. OPW.
- The grounds are planted and maintained by the Office of Public Works. OPW.
- The grounds at Grangegorman Military Cemetery. OPW.
- Grangegorman is a place of quiet reflection for visitors every day. OPW.
- The grave of an unknown soldier from the Great War. OPW.
- This is the only headstone in the military cemetery to be decorated with the Victoria Cross. OPW.
- Part of the Lawrence Collection, Robert French probably took this image of Marlborough Barracks (now McKee Barracks) around 1900. National Library of Ireland.
- A ration party of the Royal Irish Rifles in a communication trench on the first day of the Somme, in 1916. Public domain.
- The only remaining visible symbol of the [City of Dublin Steam Packet] company’s existence is the fine CDSPCo crest that still adorns the face of 15 Eden Quay, Dublin. Courtesy of Philip Lecane.
- Contemporary photograph of the RMS Leinster in camouflage in 1918. Courtesy of Philip Lecane.
- An artist’s impression of the sinking of the RMS Leinster. Courtesy of Philip Lecane.
- A newspaper headline and clipping from the RMS Leinster disaster. Courtesy of Philip Lecane.
- An advertisement for the Royal Mail Service provided by the RMS Leinster. Courtesy of Philip Lecane.
- The RMS Leinster. Courtesy of An Post Museum & Archive.
- In 2008, An Post launched a 55c stamp to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the sinking of the R.M.S. Leinster. Courtesy of the An Post Museum.